It's time for a journey through the CW Sunday schedule in 2022-23...
fall
Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Legends of the Hidden Temple | Masters of Illusion (R) | 10 | ||
| 11 | 8 | ||||
| 2022-23 | Family Law | Coroner | 10 (+0%) | ||
| 13 (+15%) | 7 (-18%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -59% | -69% | -63% | ||
| Rank | 11/15 | 14/15 | 13/15 | ||
The CW went into surrender mode on Sunday starting with a couple acquired dramas in the fall. I don't have the willpower to do grades for acquired dramas in general but I will say that the Canadian legal drama Family Law seems like one of their (relatively) stronger recent efforts in this space, both here (where it beat the year-ago original game show) and again this summer on Fridays.
winter
Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Legends of the Hidden Temple | Two Sentence Horror Stories | 9 | ||
| 11 | 7 | ||||
| 2022-23 | World's Funniest Animals (R) | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | 13 (+40%) | ||
| 12 (+5%) | 14 (+97%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -58% | -42% | -51% | ||
| Rank | 13/15 | 12/15 | 13/15 | ||
Repeats took over for after the new year, not exactly a great sign for the CW's ability to program seven nights a week. However, the repeats were usually better than the originals they replaced.
spring
Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Riverdale | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | Would I Lie to You? (R) | 9 | |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 8 | |||||
| 2022-23 | 100 Days to Indy (R) | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | The Great American Joke Off (R) | 8 (-4%) | |
| 5 (-42%) | 12 (+37%) | 10 (+46%) | |||
| 11 (+41%) | |||||
| VsAvg | -80% | -48% | -66% | ||
| Rank | 15/15 | 14/15 | 15/15 | ||
Docu-series 100 Days to Indy, a big flop in its originals on Thursdays, was an even bigger one with repeats on Sundays.
Rating the Ratings
Name | Lo | Avg | Hi | y2y | Plus | Label | Plusy2y | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Law | 0 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 13 | flop | |||
| Coroner | 0 | 0.04 | 0.1 | -53% | 7 | flop | -40% |
Family Law: No grade because acquired drama.
Coroner: No grade because acquired drama.
The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.
Previous Breakdowns for CW Sunday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22
Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for CW Sunday.
